National Politics: Separating Asylum Seekers, Trade War with China, Military in Space

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 19, 2018

Catherine Rampell, opinion columnist for The Washington Post, talks about the national political news of the day, including the evolving news on the Trump administration's polarizing "zero tolerance" policy on immigration, the impending trade war with China and President Trump's order to create a "Space Force" as the sixth branch of the military.

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